alsa questions?

[Amanda Tink]

Hi Doug,

Thanks for all your thoughts on this.  One of the things I love about 
linux is there is always a solution, it just needs an idea to put you on 
the right track.  There are specific responses to some of your suggestions 
below.

Doug Sutherland wrote:
> If you do lspci command does it show both sound cards?

Yes it does.

> Have you tried getting each sound card working separately 
> before trying to get them both working at the same time?

I personally haven't, but my friend who did the upgrade said they were 
both working fine before he tried to set the SB Live as the default.  I 
can play ogg files on the ensoniq card.

> In the BIOS settings there is configuration for PCI slots,
> you may be able to do manual setting the PCI slots that 
> have the cards installed rather choosing auto.

Sounds big, but I'm willing to try it if necessary.

> It would be worthwhile to try to find out what the error
> code -12 means on the following error message
> EMU10K1X: probe of 0000:00:0f.0 failed with error -12

Oh, trust me, I have.  And I haven't found anything useful yet.  Though 
that may well be because of my own lack of knowledge.

> Perhaps looking at the alsaconf source code would help
> determine what triggers the -12 error and what it means,

Another good thought.  I'll give it a go.

> BTW I love your email signature, 

Thank you.  The whole thing is beautiful.  I'm glad you quoted it.  I 
never get tired of reading it.

Thank you again.

Amanda

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